A Match Made in Heaven: Alberta Ferretti Launches A Bridal Collection

Alberta Ferrettihad so many proposals—”Please make me my wedding dress!”—she decided to give in and say “I do” to all those that had been asking. The results—14 confections from short to long, soft to structured, romantic to richly bohemian—were shown at the Ritz Hotel Monday, the first of what she plans to make an annual collection. “Well, it’s not a real season,” she said, “but women are always looking to wear something on that day that will let them be themselves, but still feel really dressed up and special.” Unsurprisingly, given her aesthetic, Ferretti is the woman to give it to them. She has spent plenty of time working on the fabric treatments—bias draping tulle, say, or encrusting silk chiffon with aged diamond beading that plays down the sparkle yet enriches the luster of the stones. There are also plenty of surprises for those who want to be remembered walking down the aisle like a tee with a jeweled neck worn with a long tulle skirt. And if Ferretti was going to wear one of her own dresses to get married in? “If I was younger,” she says, laughing, “This”—she points to an abbreviated shift quivering with ostrich feathers—”But now it would be that long, simple dress in chiffon. It’s elegant, and it’s just right.”